Referer vs Downloader - What's the difference?
referer | downloader |
(Internet) the referring page; the URL that referred to a given page.
* 1996 , T. Berners-Lee, R. Fielding, H. Frystyk, Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.0
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Someone who downloads files from the Internet.
A computer program which aids the downloading of files.
As nouns the difference between referer and downloader
is that referer is misspelling of lang=en while downloader is someone who downloads files from the Internet.referer
English
Noun
(wikipedia referer) (en noun)- The Referer field must not be sent if the Request-URI was obtained from a source that does not have its own URI, such as input from the user keyboard.
Usage notes
Referer is the field name used in the HTTP protocol (RFC1945] and [http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616#section-14.36 RFC2616). Originally a misspelling, it has gained currency from its use there and in related documents.
